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manic disorder vs affective disorder

affective disorder vs manic disorder

manic disorder and affective disorder both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
manic disorder Yes No No No
affective disorder Yes No No No
As nouns, affective disorder is a hypernym of manic disorder; that is, affective disorder is a word with a broader meaning than manic disorder:
  • manic disorder: a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
  • affective disorder: any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Other hypernyms of manic disorder include emotional disorder, emotional disturbance, major affective disorder.
manic disorder (noun) affective disorder (noun)
a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently any mental disorder not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain and in which a major disturbance of emotions is predominant
Difference between manic disorder and affective disorder

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